I hear that I'd like Eugene Ionesco, but I wasn't given recommendations...suggestions, anyone?

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Some guy said I'd like Eugene Ionesco because he saw my copy of Waiting for Godot but he didn't mention anything to start out on. I'd appreciate any recommendation, but am also interested in why you chose the specific work(s) you did so if you feel inclined to please include that in your response!
thanks a lot!

― buyabiznatch (buyabiznatch), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

I'm only familiar with a few of his plays, namely The Rhinocerous and The Bald Soprano. Full marks for absurdity.

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

those are the two best-known, i think. 'bald soprano' is more of a knee-slapper; 'rhinoceros' is political and kind of grim. they're both great. (or so i recall. haven't read them for years.) i think the only other one i've read was 'the chairs,' which was also good.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 7 September 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

The Lesson is probably my favorite (I like the games he plays with language in this one), but really everything in that collection is good.

― Jordan R. (JordanR), Friday, 8 September 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

I also love the Lesson. But it's best to read it in French. You don't need very good French to read it (since I've read it, etc.).

― Casuistry is in Toronto. (Chris Piuma), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i first read 'bald soprano' in a french class, and it seemed funnier than when i later read it in english. i think because a lot of it is in the rhythm of the words, which obv. changes in translation.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

i mean, which is more fun to say, the bald soprano or la cantatrice chauve?

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Well they're both fun, but in different ways.

I always find things funnier in foreign languages, because I am reading more slowly and appreciating every reward the language gives me.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 8 September 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

your foreign languages must be alright then!

i find that having humor slowed down a whole bunch by my inability to read kind of makes it not so humorous.

― Josh (Josh), Saturday, 9 September 2006 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Probably one of the discoveries of the year for me...full marks!

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 21:48 (seventeen years ago)

I saw a great one about a professor who turns out to have failed his A-Level equivalent thirty years previuosly, so his whole life is a lie. It made me very worried.

― The Real Dirty Vicar, Monday, 23 June 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

That sounds great. What was it called?

― James Morrison, Monday, 23 June 2008 23:58 (seventeen years ago)

I clicked on this thread to recommend reading The Lesson, but in French, only to find out that I already did that two years ago. So, hurrah.

― Casuistry, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 08:02 (seventeen years ago)

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